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Red Hat 5-7: RHSA-2016-0679-01 Critical: Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2016
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Vital security enhancement for Oracle Java on Red Hat, targeting various vulnerabilities and reinforcing overall system integrity.
An update for java-1.6.0-sun is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Lin...

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of Oracle Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 6 to version 6 Update 115.
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-0695, CVE-2016-3422, CVE-2016-3425, CVE-2016-3427, CVE-2016-3443, CVE-2016-3449)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue red hat critical java security java update oracle java

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0686 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0687 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0695 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3425 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3427 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3443 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3449 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2016.html

Package List

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.115-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0679-01
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0679.html
Issue date: 2016-04-21

Topic

An update for java-1.6.0-sun is now available for Oracle Java for Red HatEnterprise Linux 5, Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and OracleJava for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue red hat critical java security java update oracle java

Relevant Releases Architectures

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) - x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1327743 - CVE-2016-0686 OpenJDK: insufficient thread consistency checks in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8129952)

1327749 - CVE-2016-0687 OpenJDK: insufficient byte type checks (Hotspot, 8132051)

1328022 - CVE-2016-0695 OpenJDK: insufficient DSA key parameters checks (Security, 8138593)

1328040 - CVE-2016-3425 OpenJDK: incorrect handling of surrogate pairs in XML attribute values (JAXP, 8143167)

1328210 - CVE-2016-3427 OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of authentication credentials (JMX, 8144430)

1328618 - CVE-2016-3443 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (2D)

1328619 - CVE-2016-3449 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (Deployment)

1328620 - CVE-2016-3422 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (2D)

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